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SHOO
Definition of SHOO
verb
To induce someone or something to leave.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read HOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found SHOO?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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